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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03

1t lt Is not generally known that hyacinth
aiia tullp bulbs, lifted after the FOLIAGE ba-
giiis 70 dle and kept IN a cool. dry ulace
through the summer and reset in October
VIII produce the most abundant and Nor.
lect MOWERS This Is worthy of trial
annual border plants win be the better
ior thinning ont now If crowded. and fbe
soil should be kept well stirred 10 promote
growth ana Eeep down weeds. TreIIises
Ok supports for sweet peas and climbers
must be provided. Verbenas in ba5s ara
ready for pegging down this month. n
Tan pansles are wanted SOW the seed the
latter part Of June. When healthy uIanfs
IN the border begin to turn yellow and
STOP growing dig down for the crrrb worm
that is the probable cause Of trouble and
XII IL. During the present month. after
lhe hynrd perpetual roses have fiowered.
many gardeners shorten in the branches.
DeAeFlng that the plants win flower more
freely in the fall in consequence.
a watch should be kept for the snror,tu
and shoots that start ont from Toeas So
ilaes and other shrubs, and be renewed
IS soon as they appear in order to prevent
ehIeeollng the plants. For slugs on roses
dry slaked lime sprinkled over the folfafre
While wet with dew is one Of the easiest
remedies to apply and tolerably effeetuaI
spraying the plant with solution ~
Whale oil soap, in the proportion of half a
pound 10 four gallons of water, IS much
sureF. The ravages Of the rose bug. which
makes rs appearance about the middle Of
June, can be prevented by shaking or
Drushlng the insects off each day and burn
ing or otherwise destroying them. Sprink
hng the bushes with buhoch or Persian in
sect powder is also efIicacious
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03
The Author of 1.-THE Leayenworth
Case"


Anna Katharine Green, the author
of ".The Leayenworth Case" now
lives in South Brooklyn in a cosy little
brick house something after the Queen
Anne style, where, as Mrs Rohls. the
name by which she is known outside of
her novels, she manages to vibrate
between writing-desk and nursery in
the same CHEEKY, comfortable fashion
in which most literary women who
are at the same time mothers of fami-
lies do.
How did you, being a woman,
come to be SO well up in detective
cases?" she was asked the other
day.
Il don't believe 1 could tell YOU"
was the reply. 1T may seem a strange
confession to make, coming from a
woman who has written more detect
i've stories than anything else, but l
was never inside of courtroom in
my life. never knew detective,
and never had any personal expe-
rienees that would give me knowledge
of matters of that sort.
'.How can YOU write intelligently,
then, of the tricks Of trade that Won
have not learned?"
Il do not know. 1t has seemed to me
instinct always. When first thought
of writing it was the unraveIing of
the clues that would lead to the detec-
ton of crime that seemed the sub
ject that was made for me. / carried
the germ of The Leavenworth Case in
my mind from the time / was fourteen
years old. When the time came to
write it, couldn't help doing So"
You never made any study of the
phases of actual criminal life, then,
for the color Of your tales?'
Not especially, no. When l have
wished to describe the robbery of a
bank, l have gone to look the entry
and exits over, so as not to make mis-
takes which would be absurd to bus
iness men. In writing up long trial.
as in one of my books, have studied
the statutes, not to be out of way in
my law. But as for studying crimi-
mails from the life, have never done
that at all. 1t was one of the prom
ises my husband made me before we
were married that he would take me
through the quarters to see something
of low life in New York, but somehow
we h1ye never found time after all.
everybody; a criminal is man or
woman. and as for the details of de-
tective business, | put my wits at work
and let my scouts do exactly as under
the same circumstances | would do
myself. "-Netc York Letter 10 SqUda-
nah NeIcS.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03
A Noble Act.

1t is an old proyerb that words ftly
spoken are like apples of gold in pic
lures of silver. But how much more
beautiful is an act of spontaneous graft
tude. Such deeds, though they be only
the widows mite, should not be allowed,
like Gray's poetic image Of the flower,
to ''blush unseen and waste its fragrance
upon the desert air" Not many years
ago, VIM. Harwood, an ex-member of
the California legislature and we'll
known and highly esteemed newpaper
man of Oakland, died after long spell
of sickness. His suferings had been
greatly assuaged and his last days
frightened by the tender ministries of
his Masonic brethren and Odd Fellows.
Not long after the same kind of offices
were performed by these brethren for
his father, Captain Harwood, one of the
pioneers of Oakland, during his fatal
illness. Immediately after the death of
Captain Harwood, the widow executed
her will in the presence of Bros. \. w.
Spaulding, c. B. Rutherford and others,
bequeathing to Oakland Lodge No. ISS,
(. IL A. NJ, and Fountain Lodge l. o.
o. F., giving to each one-third of her
entire estate, amounting to about $500
to each lodge. 1t Is seldom we are
called upon to record a more beautiful
act of grateful appreciation, and the
name of Mrs. Captain VIM. ID. Harwood
should not only be held in kind remem-
brance, but like the story of the widow
mite, remain along the years as shin
ing example.-Masonic Record.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03
The wood-Chopper of Corea-

Was the legend of Rip Van Winkle
wholly the creation of Washington r.
wing, or did he put into such pleasing
shape some story he had unearthcd in
his antiquarian researchesP asks the
New York Post In Perceyal Lowell's
book, "A Sketch of Corea," | find
this legend, under the head of "De-
mon Worship:
There lived once upon a time a GER
tain well-to-do countryman whose
business took him into the woods. He
was feller of timber, and in the pur-
suit of his work he often went far into
the mountains. All the Coreans are
fond of nature, and this man was no
exception to the rule; so, with his
business as excuse and love as an in
centiye, he would ramble on in the
virgin forest. One day he wandered
farther than usual and found himself
at last some distance up the side of
the mountain. Before him lay the
peak, seemingly close, and under the
impulse of that species of folly which
urges men to go to the top of anything
lofty, in spite of their better judgment
and repeated experience that the end
never justities the means, he climbed
it. When at last he reached the sum-
NIT he found there four old men busily
engaged on game of 90. They
were seated, squatted in circle, the
go-board in their midst, while around
them on the grass lay fagons of sui,
and a page sat hard by to replenish
the cups as they were emptied. The
four looked up as he approached,
bowed with great civility, and, OBJ
serving that he was tired, ordered the
page to pour him out some sui. He
sat down, slipped the sui and looked
ON at the game. After tarrying what
seemed but a very short time in such
agreeable company he arose to take
his leave. They bade him good-by
with as much courtesy as they had
welcomed him and he started down
the mountain. He descended without
accident, and reached the bottom in
much less time than it had taken him
to 90 up. Mindful of his wife and
children he struck out for home and
arrived there in safety before supper.
On entering his own abode he was
somewhat surprised to find the place
occupied by people he had never seen.
What was worse, they ordered him off
the premises as an intruder. He re-
monstrated at thus being turned out
of his own house and in the alterca-
ton that ensued the master of the
place came out from an inner room to
see what was going on. He was man
well on in life, and yet the woodman
never remembered TO have laid eyes
on him before. Appealing to him,
however, for redress, the woodman
was asked his name, and on giving it,
the man replied that such was his
first name too. 0n Corea the first
name is equivalent to our last name.)
On further questioning it turned out
that the present incumbent was the
woodman's own grandson. The w al
derer had come back TO another
world. His wife had long since died;
his children all were buried; most of
their children, too, had passed away,
and his great-grandchildren had grown
up to manhood. He had been gone
100 years
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03
No Samples of Flyers

..Is this where they sell stocks?"
she asked. stepping up TO the counter
with eager trepidation.
Yes IN. Do you wish to invest?'
s.Well, yes-no. The fact is, don't t
know exactly. My Cousin Charley
does nothing but buy stocks. and they
say he makes lots of money. Now |
thought I'd like
..Ah. yes, understand. You thought
you'd take flyer
Yes, / guess that's what wanted
What funny names you brokers
havew
.'And what stock do you desirc?H
s.Oh. want one of those that you
buy to-day for 80 and sell tomorrow
for s15.
Just so. Keely Motor is what you
want
us it? Well, of course you know.
You couldn't cut off few samples,
suppose? / don't know, you know.
whether they are wanted by the lady
who asked me to inquire. You know"
VERY sorry. madami but we never
give patterns
The lady looks straight into his face.
tosses up her chin. and hounces out
with the remark: well, | neverr'--
Boston Transcript.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03
A Sensible Princess.

For a person of only seven years ex-
perienee, the good sense shown by the
child-princess Charlotte was really re-
markable Her music-teacher, who
was silly enough to think that a prin-
cess without flattery was like duck
without water. once highly commended
her execution when she herself knew
that it was faulty and deserved no
praise at all. The room was filled
with other people who held similar
opinions about princesses and ducks;
and all. when she appealed to them,
declared that her Royal Highness had
played in a manner to ravish the ears
of angels She knew better. but said
no more at the moment. When Master
Teacher came next morning for les
son, however, he found his pay and
discharge ready for him; also a piece
of advice from her little Highness, that
The should never indulge error in a
pupil where he was employed to per-
feet the unskiIlful" Thus Charlotte
showed her power of reasoning and
her mastery of the English language.
rebuked flatterer, and procured for
herself a very pleasant little vacation
the finding of another suitable teach
er being work of time and deep Brit
ish deliberation.-Elies IT, Hutchinson
tn ST. Nicholas
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03

The curled lettuce is n subdivision Of the
cabbage There are a number of varieties.
Some have loose, curled leaves, showing
the habit of the cabbage, though not
forming solid heads. Others form large,
fiat heads with their curled leaves Such
a lettuce is the Hanson" The outer
leaves are a bright green, with prominent
light Culored veins; inner leaves are white
and usually curved and twisted at the
base and very tender and sweet. A popu
lar curlcd lettuce in markets which de-
mand large loose head is the black
seeded Simpson, the leaves of which are
large, thin and tender This Is very
popular sort in some portions of the west
for general market use, it being attractive
IN appearance, Of excellent quality, and a
better keeper than many other varieties.
An ornamental variety that recommends
itself for table ecoration-although the
quality is not so good as either of the
kinds described-is the green fringed"
lettuce
The Cos varieties of lettuce are of quite
distinct habits of growth, the heads being
long and upright with narrow oblong
leaves. The Cos lettuce, at the east, is
considered quite a delicacy, being exceed
ing tender, brittle and highly favored.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03

AS A benevolent association, Masonry
differs from most organizations estab-
lished for the like purpose. 1t strives
to prevent the needs of charities by
teaching men how to live and be self
supporting. IT teaches its members to
be prudent in expending, and assists
them to be aggressive and prudent in ac-
quiring. 1t does not, however, neglect
those whom the fatalities of life render
helpless, but ministers to their needs
with liberal hand This is true benev-
olence. 1t is not true charity to encour-
age negligence by fostering it. 1t is no
true benevolence to care for the physi-
cal wants of those who do not try to
take care of themselves.-Ex.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03
The Cnrrnt "a Eield Crop.

Not few of our progressive farmers
are adopting a practice common among
English agriculturists and growing car
rots as field crop. They believe that
there is no better root for cows and horses,
sheep and oxen. Fed in connection with
hay or grain carrots seem to increase the
value Of the latter. That is, the carrot
Itself not only contains much nutriment,
but II appears to cause the other food TO
digest more perfectly, so that little or
none is wasted. This is certainly the case
with grain. AS substitute for hay car
rots prevent constipation when much dry
tood is used. Like oil meal they brighten
up the coats of animals, giving sleek,
glossy look. Carrots also improve the
color and quality of milk and butter.
when cooked they are good for poultry,
and fed either cooked or raw they are val
liable for hogs
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03

piece should be fastened back again as it
was, with a hinge arranged so that the
piece VIII drop down, and little piece put
on the barrel head to keep it from raising
beyond the level of the head. Fasten a
bent piece of hoop iron TO the trap with a
handle projecting beyond the barrel, and
to this handle attach as much weight as
will just balance the square piece without
anything On it. Suspend piece of cheese
or other bait a few inches above the mid
die of the piece, so arranged that when the
rat alights on the top his weight immedi-
ately tips the trap, and into the barrel he
goes. Fill the barrel about quarter full
of water
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03

ssYes." said Special Officer Frank Har-
rioan. of the PENNSYLVANIA railroad, ewe
railroad officers have to look at queer
things sometimes and strange occurrences
fall to our lot but the most sickeninS
event / ever experienced was at Thirty
seventh street, Philadelphia 1t was a
dark night, and / remember well that the
leverman in the tower had to call up the
station agent to help him move the lever.
A dispatch arrived about that time from
the depot which stated that passing train
had Killed a man at or near the station.
Investigation revealed the horrible fact
that a man had been killed there and that
it was the poor fellows heart which had
fallen into the switch and clogged it 50
that it was impossible for the leverman
in the tower TO make the lever work. +" -
West Chester News
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03
Little wiIIie's Innings.

Before Willie ks eoflsin Bertha
arrived at his home with her parents
on summer visit his mother had told
him to observe how graceful and polite
her manners were, especially at the
table. When she came Willie observed
her, therefore. with admiring interest.
One day his mother said:
do you see how nicely Bertha con-
ducts herself, Willie?"
.Yes. mamma
Don't you think her manners are
rather better than yours2
s.Yes. mamma; and | guess | know
why
s.Why is it, my dearp'
eProbably Bertha has been better
brought up than have "-Troy Times
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03
The Apron.

The Masonic apron is an emblem of
innocence and symbolical of that white
robe of spotless purity in which all who
enter the realms of bliss must be array
ed. Its presentation to a candidate is a
solemn and significant act and hence
nothing pertaining to the ceremony
should have even the appearance of in
sincerity. Apropos to this the Grand
Lodge of Iowa says: "When any Lodge
presents a newly-initiated brother with
lambskin or white leather apron, and
takes it away from him five minutes af-
terwards to give to somebody else or to
be laid up among the archives of the
Lodge, it cheats, wrongs and defrauds
him. The honest presentation
should be the invariable practice in
every Lodge" ."-International Masonic
Review.
Amen and amen.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03
Political Talk In the Lodge Room.

A brother writes: "Not a thousand
miles from your city | recently heard a
lively political talk in a Lodge room.
Is such a theme admissible upon the
carpets"
In reply we say most emphatically no.
1t is the wisdom and strength of our
Noble Order that it is partisan.
With mans political opinions and re-
ligious convictions as well as his avoca-
ton, if it be legitimate, it makes no at
tempt to interfere. Whether man is
a Democrat or Republican, whether he
is member of this church or that,
whether he earns his bread with his
head or hand, are questions that should
never cross the threshold of Lodge
room. And in the amenities due each
other as members of the fraternity, no
such considerations should for mo-
ment be allowed to enter. A brother
who entertains them is grossly disloyal
to both the spirit and letter of the Or
der -Ex
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03

Killing potatoes has been practiced from
time out of date, and represents today
the most popular mode of culture for the
tubers. In the face of this widespread
practice, however, some of our most trust
worthy and careful experimenters claim
that fat culture, under ordinary condi-
tions, gives the best results. Prominent
among the advocates of flat culture, not
only for potatoes, but for corn, is Mr.. f.
5. Carman editor of The Rural New
Yorker. In n recent issue of The Country
Gentleman is given the report of a thor
ough trial of the hilling and fiat modes of
culture, in which it is stated that fiat cul-
ture gives from Is to 90 per cent more
than the hills. Among cultivators who
have corroborated the above opinion is
Mr.. T. +. Platt, of Fairfield county, Conn,
who experiments annually on some 800
varieties, and who states in The Country
Gentleman that he finds the crop much
larger with flat culture.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03
Hints for Esthetes.

A pair of old castaway boots veneer
ed with gilt make pretty wall orna-
ment- To add to the effect put patches
of cotton wool on the legs to initiate
snow.
An old pair of corsets ornamented
with creeping vines and pretty designs
in leaf make very elegant ornament
TO hang over a bedroom door.
An old coal-scuttle tinted with deli
cate shades of scarlet and cerulean
blue furnishes a unique relief for din
ing-room wall. To brighten the effect,
place several selected vegetables in the
scuttle, allowing the tops to be seen
at a distance of halfway across the
room.
As an ornamental design for front
hall take a dozen tomato cans and
paint each one a different color Tie
a bow of pretty satin ribbon of various
shades about each. Run a gaudy
string through the lot and hang them
on the wall close to the ceiling. One
can hardly imagine the divine effect of
this exquisite collection.
An old tin water-sprinkler covered
with halo of gilt stars and pulverized
glass diamonds and suspended from
parlor chandelier is very attractive A
large pink satin bow arranged over the
spout adds very materially 10 the effect.
- H7titeltdt Times.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03
Gallsntry of a Customs offcer.

A charming young English literary
smuggler was bringing home with her
q Tauchnitz novel from Antwerp the
other day, and made acquaintance
with an agreeable stranger on the way.
to whom she confided her nefarious in
tention. At London bridge he recip-
rocated her frankness by informing
her that he was a Custom House Off
Ger. and demanding that the volume
should be given up. ..But I have not
finished it yet she murmured, plead
ingly. Where have you got top he
inquired She pointed with her taper
finger. Gently taking the book from
the fair contrabandist, he tore away
what she had read and threw it in the
river, returning the portion that was
SO precious to her with the customary
bow.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03
n n-Amliation.

Non-affiliation. of long standiu G is usu-
ally regarded among Atasons as seri-
Gus offense, and is punished by with
holding all the rights, benefits and
privileges of the fraternity. 1t is re-
garded as cheating the Lodge and fra
ternity out of what is fairly due, in
moral and financial support. 1t is a
wrong toward needy brothers and dis
tressed widows and orphans dependent
upon the fraternity for aid. In short,
it is an effort to flank the tell-gate and
custom house and get to heaven on a
"fowery bed of ease," and can hardly
be regarded as exactly on the square,
Masonic Advocate
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03
Some oueer Negro superstitions.

1t goes without saying that we are su-
perstitious. We plant our potatoes by
the dark of the moon, and we know many
charms for sickness better than medicine.
The negroes are like their race every
where. In Louisiana you are hoodooed,
in Arkansas you are conjured. And do
you know what good conjurer can do to
you2 OF course he can blight your crops,
kill your cattle, make mess Of your love
affairs; but he can do more; he can throw
lizards into yOui Now if there is any
thing more disagreeable than lizards for
Internal companions, don't know it; they
are worse than guilty conscience, and it
is not surprising that they usually kill
''conjured" persons in three months.
Henry says: "Heap er folkses conjured on
the yon side the creek Old man s.,
he does it, He does it outen meanness.
He longs to der church, an de pastor he
reasoned wild i'm bout it; but he lowed
he got 'surrance er salvation anyhow,
and he wouldn't listen ter 'mf'-Arkan-
raS I ptfpr
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03
Good Advice.

We heartily advise all Lodges to join
the General Masonic Relief Association
of the United States, of which Martin
Collins, of St. Louis, is president. The
labors of this Association during the
past year have not only saved much
money to the craft, but have demonstra-
ted that half the applicants for relief are
impostors, and that large numbers of
swindlers are travelling through the
country living upon the fraternity
Masonic Token.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03
A pn,,anshropic woman's Plan.

An Industrial school for boys is pro-
posed at Chicago by Mrs Celia W. Wal
lace. rich and philanthropic woman.
She wants an incorporation with capital
of $500 900, and a large and interested
public support. The idea is TO have the
institution both home and school, and, be-
sides the dormitories and workshop, there
will be military drillroom and a school
house. where the rudiments OF 2p educa-
fion can be acquired while the boy is learn
ING a trade in the workshop. Homeless
waits will be taken there and have a
chance. There viii be nothing TO prevent
anv boy going back to the street II he
chooses, and this liberty win naturally
sift out the hopelessly bad, leaving IN the
school those worth saving.-N. Y SUM-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03
THE FRATERNITIES.
TRUE BROTHERHOOD.

Foot to foot, no psatter where,
Though far beyond my desired road,
If brother needs brothers care,
On foot I'll 90 and share his load.
Knee to knee, no selfish prayer
Shall ever from my lips ascend,
For all who act upon the square
AT least henceforth my prayer shal
bend
Breast to breast, and this | swear,
A brothers secrets here shall sleep,
Ii told to me upon the square,
Save those | am not bound to keep.
Hand to back, o type of love,
Fit emblem to adorn the skies:
Be this our talk below, above,
To help poor falling mortals rise.
Cheek to cheek, or mouth 10 ear;
We all like sheep have gone astray.
May we good counsel give and hear,
Till each shall find the better way.